Why She Would Not Marry Why She Would Not Marry Original
In Lone Star Gulch Mark Colter and his sister Sarah live quietly until Sarah resists multiple suitors including Ralph McCann who pursues marriage. A fake sibling ruse collapses when Sarah discovers Colter’s shady past and a hidden wife, prompting Sarah and McCann to flee together to start anew away from Lone Star Gulch.
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Mark
Sarah Colter
Lone Star Gulch
Mark Colter
Sarah
Lone Star Tulch
Ralph McCann
Jim
McCann
Cotter
McCanon
Colter
Mrs. Wilbur
Colters
James Wilbur
Sarah Qolter
Lone Star
E .Ben
Impudent Beggar and the Cure for Promiscuous Almsgiving
The tale recounts Sir Walter Besant's Hyde Park habit of giving coins to a beggar, who later returns the money and calls him a rogue. A crowd gathers, Besant escapes by flinging coins, and he is shamed into abandoning casual alms.
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Walter Besant
Sir Walter Besant
Hyde Park
London
Sir Walter
Watching a Spider at Work
A Success magazine piece marvels at a spider’s rapid work and intelligence. It describes the spider’s tiny body containing the geometric planning, material production, and precise weaving. The author notes the spider’s ability to detect and correct mistakes by tightening lines and replacing faulty threads.
Inconvenient Piano for Sultan in Constantinople
Leopold de Meyer, a famed pianist from Dresden, was summoned to perform for the sultan. A grand piano borrowed from an Austrian secretary arrived with three legs, causing alarm. The legs were removed, the instrument laid flat, and de Meyer played cross legged on a mat. The sultan rewarded him with over $5,000.
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Leopold de Meyer
Carved Cherry Stone Shows 124 Heads of Royal Figures
Dr Peter Oliver recounts a cherry seed carved with 124 heads including popes kings queens and saints. With a good glass the miters and crowns distinguish rulers from queens and saints. The owner sold it in Prussia for £5 000 about $25 000.
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Peter Oliver
England
Oliver
Prussia
End of honorable industry or greedy wealth pursuit
A Century quoted statement by Eot Gregory laments how a young man may abandon noble aims to accumulate wealth beyond prudent giving. It condemns the spirit driving lavish riches and questions whether such wealth can be wisely managed or beneficial.
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Eot
Gregory
Bankrupt exchange in a street courtroom scene
A solicitor pressures a client in a brief exchange about bankruptcy saying the client is broke and must pay 100 dollars for preliminary expenses. The client protests lack of money while the solicitor condemns the situation.
Identity by Ownership in Umbrella Lore
A witty exchange notes practical pride in marking personal property. A prudent citizen insists on labeling any umbrella while a shameless counterpart questions the point, suggesting prior owners won’t claim its theft.
Postal service endures despite effort to suppress it
An editorial note from the Philadelphia Bulletin asserts that the postal service remains robust and cannot be stamped out, reflecting on its resilience and public importance.
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Postal Service
Philadelphia Bulletin
Tobacco Culture Proves Profitable For Local Farmer
About ten years ago Fred Leayr a German resident of New Albany traded a horse for the Brewer homestead a 52 acre tract in Posey township He converted the land into a productive garden spot Last year he planted five acres in tobacco and made six hogsheads earning $150 to $200 per hogshead He will plant six more acres this year with three to four hundred plants per acre and expects better returns The piece praises Uncle Fred as a model farmer and questions why others cannot imitate his success.
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Fred Leayr
New Albany
Brewer
Posey Township
Fred
John Routh Celebrates 64th Birthday in Family Gathering
Sunday gathering honors John Routh on his 64th birthday with relatives Ellsworth Stevens Winkler Dropsey Baileit Maton Markel Davis and Scarp among attendees. The event also marks the 11th birthday of Routh’s granddaughter Nell Baileit with well-wishes for more enjoyable times.
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John Routh
Ellsworth Stevens
JT. C. Winkler
Frank Dropsey
Ed Baileit
J.c. Maton
Jacob Markel
Ira Davis
Mr. Scarp
Routh
Nell Bnileit
Grand Out-of-Town Excursion to Indiana Gas Belt
Sunday excursion on the Big Four Route departs at 7 o clock from the Seventh Street Union Depot heading to the Indiana Gas Belt. Return train reaches Louisville at 11 40 p.m. Low round trip rates listed for Rushville Knightstown Anderson and Marion with tickets available at City Office and Depot.
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7Th St. Union Depot
Louisville
Rushville
Knightstown
Anderson
Marion
Fourth Ave
S. J. Gates
G. A
Twice a year hog killing urged for profitable pork
The piece argues that pig pork is profitable and that farmers should kill hogs twice a year. It critiques old practices of overfatting one-year-old hogs and cites a girl’s remark about hogs needing annual killing, urging a shift to biannual slaughter.
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New England
Wheat and rye conditions on April 1 from agriculture report
The April report shows winter wheat at 97.3 condition, higher than 78.7 in 1902 and 82.1 to ten-year mean. Winter rye stands at 97.0, above 85.4 in 1902 and 87.9 versus ten-year April mean.
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Department of Agriculture
Little Early Risers Promote Gentle Laxative Relief
Advertisements tout DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the Easy Pill for constipation and sick headaches. Endorsers from Houston Texas and Lafayette Indiana praise their gentle action, claiming they do not purge the system or cause gripe.
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W. H. Howell Houston
Tex
Bod Moore
Lafayette
Ind
Dr Miles Nervine Endorsed For Child Nerve Fits
A mother reports her 18 month old son lived ordeal with cramps and fits. Three doctors failed until Dr Miles Restorative Nervine stopped the seizures and straightened his limbs. Mrs Uriah Nelson of Lansing Iowa says it saved her boy and he remains healthy. All druggists sell the remedy with guarantee.
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Miles
Miles Nergine
Uriah Nelson
Lansing
Iowa
Central News Bits and Local Social Notices
James Smith and wife visited his parents Sunday. Wim Blake and family visited relatives near Meackport. Central Court Tribe of Ben Hur plans an ice cream social soon. Mrs Sarah McKim will visit relatives in Bethany and Dalton City Ill. Ralph Windell and Miss Emma Steepro wed at Squire J Reed's Sunday evening. Many attended Mr Kendall's funeral at New Amsterdam Sunday. Young people attended Children's Day at Hill Grove Sunday. Bethel church gets repairs and a new paint coat. John Pindall and Rev Apple do the painting. The new Congregational church at Heidelberg will be dedicated July 12 with speakers from Indianapolis and elsewhere.
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James Smith
Mr. Smith
Wim. Blake
Meackport
Central Court
Ben Hur
Sarah MeXim
Bethany
Dalton City
Ill
Ralph Windell
Emma Steepro
Squire J. O. Reed
Vicin Ty
Kendall
New Amsterdam
Our Town
Hill Grove
Bethel Church
John Pindall
Rev. Apple
Congregational Church
Heidleburg
Indianapolis
DePauw and Local News Briefs Highlight Community Visitations
Mr and Mrs Dennis Conrad of St Joe Indiana visit the area. Miss Emma Nolet returns from Louisville. Children Day services likely at Mt Zion church on Sunday July 12. A large group from here attended the Blue River township S E convention at Hancock last Sunday. Millard Engleman, recently at an Louisville ice cream factory, visits his parents here.
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Blue River Township
Hancock
Millard Engleman
Louisville
Boone Township Commencement at Presbyterian Church
Boone township commencement will be held tomorrow at the Presbyterian church in Laconia. An admission fee of ten cents will defray expenses. Crosier's band will provide the music. The program includes invocation by Rev Hartman and diplomas presented by Supt Jenkins. Ushers are Frank Rademacher Mollie King Maurice Anderson Ola Shields. Pleasant Jenkins County Superintendent E S Cooper Township Trustee.
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Boone Township
Presbyterian Church
Laconia
Crosier
Orville Babcock
Death of Grace Funk at Milltown at nineteen
Grace Funk of Milltown died last Wednesday the seventeenth of the month from Brights Disease aged 19. She had lived with Mrs. Ella Funk and then with the Baylor family after her parents died eight years ago. Two brothers survive. Interment was at Milltown cemetery Thursday with funeral services by Rev. J. A. Breeden. Mrs. John Mitchell and daughter Sallie are ill with pneumonia.
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Grace Funk
Milltown
Bright
Ella Funk
Dr. Baylor
J. A. Breeden
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Nervine
Lanesville
A. M Emap, Sr
Lydia Zabel
John J. Eliat
Ella’ Hess
Clara Jaegers
Fred Zabel
Catharine Bannach
Katharine Shickel
Nicholas Eve
Wooster Township
Lizzie Eisert
A. M. Eisert, Jr
Flat Woods
Nora
Wm. Hussing
Corydon
Joseph Uhl
Morgan Township
Jacob Sims
Silver Grove
Samuel C. Walker
Eugene Page
Louig Ile
A. Peckskamp
L. M. A. Society
Harriet Dropsy
Central
Tinpaun
DePauw
W. A. Horner
Dennis Conrad
St. Joe, I
Emma Nolet
Mt. Zion Church
Boone
Commercement
Rev. Hartman
the American Statesman
Elzie Pearl Brown
Katie Crosier
Sarah E
Agnew
Death of Grace
John Mitchell
Sallie
NEW Furniture
Alex Miller & Co
John E. McKinster
Corydon, Ind
Wyandotte Cave
Wyandotte
H. W. Rothrock, Mg’r
P. D
C. P. Trotter & Co
Y’s Parmer
Harvey H. Hays
Jesse M. Hunter
Loran O. Pearch
Lettie M. Kepner
Frank Stith
Josephine Garrett
Finma ‘A. Stepro
Victor E. Palmer
Tillie Noe
Charles E. Moore
Ethel L. Smith
Marengo
Heath & Milligan
America
B. F. Hurst
Denbo & Kepner’s
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